The Alamance gleaner 1
VOL. HV. ? GRAHAM, N, C., THURSDAY DECEMBER 20, 1928. 1~ NO, 46.
Well, Here's Santa Claus!
?EilSl'PY tinkling sielgli bells seemed
|M to Marilynne to keep repeating
Jwl Paul's words?"I love you, love
PQi, yon, lo\e you. We'll be married
right away. Jingle, Jingle, Jin
gle ! Married right away."
The moonlight cast their moving
shadow on the snowy road. The bells
continued their lively refrain. Paul
heard it, too?"We'll be married right
away."
"Marilynne," he said, "this Is the
most wonderful Christmas eve in my
life. I didn't dream I could ever oe
so happy."
"Just we two forever. I think I
must have loved you nlways."
"Let us be married tonight, dear.
There Is still time."
"bit, no, Paul, dear. We should
announce it first. Let's wait until
right after the hol
n i i.mi idays."
"Why?"
"Just so that
people won't say
we were In too big
a hurry."
"What do we
rare what people
say? If you had a
family It would be
different, but we
are all alone?"
She smiled at
him. "Perhaps If
we had to share
each other we
wouldn't be so hap
py. We can he so
content with jnst
ourselves."
"Dearest?"
-xetr
"Yon do love met"
Tliey were entering the crnteklrta of
mwn. within a .lie of Mnrtlynne'a
home. At the aliarp bend In the road,
one rnnr.er r?ught on ? fallen branch
iod the elelgb tnpplad to Ita aide.
Paul was up almost before he had
stopped tumbling, and was at Mari
lynne's side, but she lay very still.
He spread one of the laprobes on the
snow, using the other for a pillow,
and lifted l.er onto It. Then he cov
ered her carefully, loosed the kicking
horse from the upset sleigh, and rode
Into town at n gallop.
"I'll get old Doc Weatherhy," he
thought. "She can't be seriously hurt;
she musn't be." He urged the horse
faster. "Ah, here we are."
But Doctor Weatherby was out, and
not expegted for two liours. "Doctor
Thompson lived
, about two miles
I farther on," Mrs.
Weatherby t o I d
him. "Is It any
thing serious?"
"1 don't know.
An accident." I'aul
went back to his
horse. "I can't
leave Marllynne for
so Ion g," h e
thought, before he
had gone 'far. He
looked about for a
possible messenger,
but there was no
one In sight Be
fore the next house
he stopped. Intend
ing to ask there for
some one to deliver
hlg message. But as be stepped on
the porch he noticed a sign: "Dr.
J. B. Brown." He rang the bell. A
man with graylng^fralr answered It
"Doctor" Brown?" N
"**?" J
"Can you come with me right
away?"
"Well, I don't know. I'm very busy.
Christmas eve, yon know. What Is
it?"
"On the creek road at the bend by
the willows. She may be dying. I'll
go ahead, and you follow just as
quickly as you can?* He was
gone.
"But?" said Doctor Brown. He
loked after the rapidly disappear
ing horse and rider. "Well, If I
must?"
Marllynne stirred and opened her
eyes. "I'aul," she said. Then she no
ticed the blankets and tried to re
member. She heard racing hoofbeats
and raised her head. In a moment
Paul was beside her.
"Are you all right? Uarilyane. dear
you're not hurt?"
"I'm all right," she answered shak
ily. "I must have fainted. We turned
over, didn't we?"
"My dear, If anything awful bad
happened?"
"Tell me you lore me."
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: I A CHRISTMAS |:
: |l GREETING
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: CPishes old, |
: Yet ever new, ai
: We send diis j j
Christmastide ||
11 To you. iff
; ?MARY GRAHAM BONNER j|||
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"A thousand times. I love yon. I
love yoll more than life itself; more
than anytRini; In
the world."
"Not more than
I love you."
The moon cume
out from behind ?
cloud, and the
snow gleamed In
Its light A sound
of distant chimes
broke through the
still air. Down the
road a man on
horseback rapidly
approached unno
ticed.
"Paul," said Unr
llynne, "I think
that after all, we'll
be married right
away."
The rider len
his horse and ran op to them. "You're
the young man who came for me,
aren't yon?" asked Doctor Brown.
"Yes," replied Paul, "but I don't
suppose you will be needed now." _
Marllynne reached out her hand.
"Why. good evening. Doctor Brown.
What on earth did Paul want with
your
Paul answered her. "I was afraid
you might he hnrt, and thought I
had bettet call a doctor."
Doctor Brown laughed. So did Mar
llynne. "Doctor Brown," she ex
plained, "Is a minister."
Panl gasped. Then be held out his
hand to Doctor Brown. "In that
case," he said, "you are needed, after
all I Lefs right this sleigh, and all
drive back to town together."
ift UK. w aun gmww P?l?w?
^?ristmaicbcer^
not forgotten
WMARTHA BANNINC THOMAS
ffOR mercy sakes, do come along
and don't drag so!" Mra. Casey
r/J Jerked at the arm of her reluc
<5\) tant son who was craning his
neck to look Into three shop
windows at once. "We have only
half an hour before the boat leaves,
and I've got a lot of errands to do
yet."
"There's a man waving at you,
mamma," said the small boy. "lie's
comln' down the street He wants to
speak to you."
"Don't pay any attention to him,
Joel I haven't time to be bothered
with him. Just some one who wants
me to take a message over to his
folks across the bay, probably."
But the man was coming rapidly
nearer. His face was alight with
smiles. His hand was out before he
was within Ave yards of Mrs. Casey.
"Mamma!" Joe hissed, "You'll have
to stop!"
And indeed the man had no Inten
tion of letting her pass him.
"How do you do!" he called. "I
recognized you three blocks away."
He was quite close now and his
hand was still out "My, It does my
heart good to see you again, Mrs.
Casey."
The woman frowned. Who was
this man? Why did he bother her
when she was In such a hurry? There
would be no other chance for Christ
mas shopping after today. She had
come across the bay In a small motor
boat; It would be leaving for the re
Iturn trip In twen
ty-five minutes.
"You don't re
member m e T"
smiled the man
He looked down
eagerly at the puz
zled woman. "It
was twenty years
( ago on Christmas
that I first saw
you. And I'll nev
er forget It as long
!as I live."
Mrs. Casey
clutched her shop
ping bag more
closely to lie r
breast and stared.
"I had a broth
er," said the man, his face aglow
with memory. "He was younger than
1 ... a little shaver when you
saw him. Tou gnve us our first real
Christmas, and I'll never forget It as
long as I live."
Mrs. Casey blinked rapidly several
times. Part of a smile began to flick
er around her Hps. She peered up
Into the man's face.
'Ton sent your husband down to
the little shark where we lived," con
tinued the man," and he wrapped us
up warm In mufflers and coats he had
brought He drove us In a sleigh to
your house. Our mother had died
a few months before and we were
lonely and miserable. We had
moved to the village just that week
and knew no one. Our father had
no work and we were terribly neg
lected and unhappy."
"Tea . . . yes!" laughed the
woman, "I know you now. My land,
how big you've grown!"
"And you gave us a fine big dinner,
turkeyM cranberry sauce, mince pie,"
said the man. His voice was softened
and his eyes misty with tears. "It
was the greatest day of my life. I
have never forgotten It Yon gave
us a memory of happiness that has
lasted all these years and will go
on forever. It was the true spirit
of Christmas cheer, and my brother
and I have tried to spread It around
as far as we can ever since. Yon
see what you started. God bless
you!" He bent swiftly and kissed
her cheek. He tweaked Joe's ear.
With a smile, he strode off again and
was lost in the crowd.
"Gracious sakesl" gasped Mrs.
Casey. "Well, If that don't beat all!
My, my, my! Those two little boys
men grown now!"
With beaming face she tugged at
Joe's sleeve. "Hurry up now 1 We
must catch that boat."
"Aw, mamma ... let me Just
peek Into that window . . .* But
Mr* Casey was thinking of that long
ago Christmas, and the man who had
reminded ber of It
. (A 1121. Wotan s?wwr Unloa.1
Greetings by Air and Wire
A world-wide Christmas custom,(
which originated In this country. Is
the sending of greetings by radio,
telegraph and cable.
Their Message 1
{3k To Santa I
^>-ADifferenl
A^_Kind o]/
vv^VaiiencFEDEN
fKRHAl'S she was n little bit
selfish. Just a trifle. Anyhow,
she was extremely bored. Par
ties where there was no one
she cared about! Bridge prizes
she loathed and gave to the cook next
morning! Late hours at night, and
nothing to do when she got up at
noon but decide which of the seven
dance invitations she would accept!
Tons of flowers she never wore, and
seldom took the trouble to arrange
even in vases about the house. And
at Christmas it was worse than ever.
She seriously considered running
away. She'd like a new set of experi
ences. Something more rugged, near
er the true vitality of living. She
would come buck with a lot of amus
ing stories to regale the crowd with.
Two day? before Christmas Cyn
thia Norrls told her maid and cook
they could have a vncntlon. "Lock up
the apartment. 1*11 let .von know when
I am coming back. I'm going away for
the holidays."
She scurried into a taxi with a new
feeling of excitement, the best part
of the whole thing being a sense of
something entirely nntrled. She had
no idea where she was going. She'd
select some queer person In the crowd
at the terminal, follow her to the
ticket window and buy a ticket for
the name place. Then Cynthia refused
to think further.
But she did not select a woman to
follow. She saw a rather thin man
with a nice smile who was burdened
with bundles. They bulged In every
pocket, and he had difficulty In doing
anything at all competent with them
while be was buying a ticket. In fact
three fell to the floor and a fourth hit
a child on the head during the process.
Cynthia watched this young man with
growing Interest Why In the world
was he permitting himself all this
trouble? Surely It wasn't necessary.
The man apologized to the child,
gathered up hta fallen packages and
went undisturbed towards his trnln.
Cynthia Impulsively bought a ticket
for the town he had mentioned to the
man behind the window and followed.
She was excited already. She had
no Idea where she was going and she
didn't care. That was the fun of It.
She sat In the common coach and
was obliged to share ber seat with a
woman who wore ? shawl over her
head and had a sad. foreign-looking
face. The man was three scats ahead
of her, completely burled under his
bundles, ft was a four-hour ride. Peo
ple came and want Cynthia tried to
rea>dm ber how funny they all were.
8he wonld Imitate the way they
talked, and entertain tha "gang" later.
This wan tha way to gat a kick out
of living?do something different.
At Bawbrldge tha young man leaped
from hit seat, jammed on hit hat
and plunged out of the door. Cynthia
stumbled over the feet of the woman
with the shawl and jumped down from
the train steps just two seconds be
fore It t>egai- moving again.
A dreary, wooden station with a
faint flicker of a lantern hanging from
n hook. A few snowflakes began fall
ing. There was no one about. For a
moment Cynthia suffered a pang of
loneliness. But even this was a new
sensation, so she accepted It. How
ever, she could not stay here all night,
and she had a bag. She heard the ex
plosions of a car about to start. Hur
riedly she ran la the direction of the
noise. She could dimly see a machine
with a driver.
"Could you tell me If there Is a
hotel here where I could stay?" asked
Cynthia a little breathlessly.
"I'm afraid Huwbrldge Is a bit shy
on aotels," replied a man's voice. "But
If you'll jump In I'll take you to one
possible boarding house."
Cynthia flung In her bag and
climbed eagerly to the seat. The car
gave a deafening roar and shot off
without warning Into darkness. It wag
a rough road and the driver paid lit
tle attention either to ruts or his com
panlon. Cynthia ventured a question
or two about the village and was an
swered with polite brevity. This was
not the way In which she was ac
customed to being treated, and It
piqued her.
"I live nt this boarding house,"
finally admitted the driver. "I'm a
printer on a newspaper In the next
town. I could live where my work
Is, but I like this little village. Know
a lot of kids fiere and have a great
time at Christmas. Got a lot of stuff
for them today."
"Oh." said Cynthia and smiled In
the dark, "I noticed yon were having
some dlfllculty parking your packages
while you bought your ticket."
nil* gave ner companion someunng
to think about, but be said nothing.
The girl made a ?udden decision.
She would relate In full her eilt from
New York nnd why.
Thl* *lie proceeded to do. The mnn
chuckled once or twice but made no
comment. He was a very self-pos
sessed young man. Finally after a
long *llenoe he *ald casually: "Good
lord, I chucked the whole works
three yeurs ago! Couldn't stand It.
Too darn boring. Same old faces.
Same old crowd. Same old parties. I
bolted. Got a Job on this newspaper.
Keen about It. Get nearer the mar
row of things someway. I feel free
as a bird and don't glre a hoot what
anyone thinks. It's great."
"Oh," said Cynthia again.
"Want to come round with me
Christmas eve?" demanded the ex
traordinary man. "Looks as If we
might have snow. I take a sleigh,
dress up In a silly Santa Clnns cos
tume. waggle a white beard and de
liver gifts to the kids In town."
"I'd love to!" breathed the girt.
"Please let me."
"On one condition. That you won't
go back and make vaudeville out of
our village."
"1 promise," said Cynthia.
<CX INI. Western Mtvspapsr Unlawt
Christ mats in Russia
Singing of ancient "Kolyada" songs
Is one of the typical features at
Christmas gatherings la Russia.
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kitchen M ml
UEX'ltSI. Western ffewwoaper (TntoM J
-Rise with the lark, and with the
lark to bad"
Observe? soma solemn, sent!rasa* *J
tal owl;
Maxims like these are very cheap*
ly -aid;
But, ere you make youraalf a
fool or fowl,
Pray Just inquire about his rise
and fall.
And whether larks base say \;A
beds at all.
?John Godfrey Sass. J
OIFFERENT GOOD THINGS J
When preparing u mayonnaise drew*
fng arid when serving It a HI Us
whipped cream
ami one or two ,
bn ril-rooked egg*
chopped fine. A
little chopped on
ion with season
ing also mlds to
the dressing.
Serve on plain
leaf or head let
tuce us It may tie preferred.
Piquant Sandwiches.?ttreara togeth
er une creutn cheese and two table
spoonful* of pennut butter. Clmp OB*
hard cooked vgg very tine, udd on*
chopped sour pickle and a tublespooo
ful of chopiied green peiiper, add aalt
and |iepper and spread on' battered
bread.
8avory Sandwiches.?Brown In one
tahlespoonful of oil nne-hulf cnpfnl of
blum/lied almonds. Chop floe. Season
well with suit, paprika and add two
Ubles[*>onfuls of chopped pickles and
one tahlespoonfnl of chutney. Spread
bread or crackers with cream cheese,
or an equal quantity of cottage
cheese: sprinkle with the almond mix
ture. For a vegetable dinner fay; >
Carrots and Onions.?The forehanded
housewife when the garden carrot*
were pulled for thinning canned many
of the little new vegetables for win
ter use. Iteheat a can of these small
carrots and season well with butter
with a dash of lemon juice. Heap
tbem In the middle of a large chop
plate. Arrauge around the battered
carrots six rounds of toasted and but
tered bread On the bread place three
or four small onions which hare ben*
well aeasoned with salt, pepper and
butter. I'our over each a inblespoou
ful of hot cream and serve.
Grssn Peppers With Oysters.?Taks
six medium-sized green peppers, wash
and dry tlicm, I lien toast over the
heal, taming frequently. Scrape off
the blistered skin, holding them under
running cold water. Remove the seeds
and rot with scissors In long strips.
Mince one small onion. .Melt three
tahlespoonfuls of butter, add tlw
minced onion nod green peppers and
let them brown slightly. .Add two
tahlespoonfuls of dour slid, when well
mixed two cupful* of milk, a little at
a time. .\Vrap a thin slice of bacon
around each' oyster, using one and
one-half dozen and. fasten with fnoth
plrks. I'lace under the broiler flattie
and cook qntll the bacon is crisp and
brown. Arrnhge the green pepper
mixture In the center of a hot deep
?platter and surround with the oysters.
Vtr the oysters may be placed on but
tered toast.
an ot sanawicn maning.
The choicest ?f ft?od irnty become
uonittractlve by the cnreless u?iy of
BArvlna it TtM
milking of windf
wlclies I* nn art
and certain rule?
abnulii lie fol
lowed if suMafae
tory result* ara
to be obtained.
First the bread
used should lie at lenst twenty-fonr
hours old. II should be out lato even,
tliln slices.
I'.utter should be crenmed before
trying to spread It and It should be
spread evenly and thin on the slice
and quite to the edge.
I.tinrhbox, picnic or bot sandwtcfaee
are left with the cruats on; for after
noon tea they are removed.
If circles are to be used, sare waste
by baking the bread In circle leaf
pans.
Square loafs are best cut Into stripe,
squares or triangles.
The tilling should he carefully
mixed, not too moist to uuike the
sandwiches soggy.
Spread the filling evenly and not
too thin.
Lettuce, encumber or sandwiches
with fillings of that kind should be
prepared very shortly before serving.
When usliyi meat remove all gris
tle fat and dry edges and put through
the meat chopper Season well and
moisten with a little salad dressing,
melted butler or chill sauce.
Very thinly sliced meat spread with
salad dressing may be used as filling.
If sandwiches are to be kepi any
length of time pot Into the refriger
ator after wrapping In a damp cloth.
When packing for lunch box or bik
ing trips wrap la paraffln paper.